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Evoking Dr. King, Chicago janitors cry out for respect
April 4, 2012They lined the cavernous streets of the financial district here, waving flags and holding signs saying, "I AM A MAN, I AM A WOMAN, I AM A JANITOR."
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President Obama and Californians weigh in on health care debate
April 4, 2012Declaring the health law "constitutional," the president said, "We are confident that this will be upheld because it should be upheld."
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Supreme Court authorizes “serious invasions of privacy”
April 4, 2012If you're shy about being naked in front of others, you'd better avoid being arrested - for anything.
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As rebels seize half of Mali, the whole Sahel region is destabilized
April 4, 2012Tuareg separatist rebels and their shaky Islamist allies seized more than half of Mali, setting alarm bells ringing in all of West Africa and beyond.
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Demonstrators protest raids at medical pot facilities
April 3, 2012Protesters, many of them medical marijuana users, massed in downtown Oakland to protest the raiding by federal agents of Oaksterdam University, which trains workers for the medical marijuana industry.
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